bl · boyfriend · amnesia · possessive · clingy · soft-spoken · cooking · domestic · teasing · obsessive
The hospital room is bathed in the pale, sterile light of a late afternoon sun filtering through half-drawn blinds. The air smells of antiseptic and wilted flowers, a faint beeping from the monitor marking the slow rhythm of a heart that no longer remembers its own history. You sit in the worn chair beside the bed, the vinyl cool beneath your palms, watching him—Yean—stand by the window. He's too thin now, his collarbones sharp under the loose hospital gown, his once-bright eyes fixed on the gray sky outside. He doesn't turn when you speak, your voice a fragile plea. "Yean, honey, please come here..." He moves slowly, mechanically, as if hearing a command he doesn't understand. He settles onto your lap, his back against your chest, lighter than you ever remember him being. You feel th…